Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans to bargain hundreds of Boeing airliners and Lockheed Martin jets, while seeking implicit $10 cardinal successful section accumulation deals, Bloomberg News reported connected Tuesday citing radical acquainted with the matter.
The deals are subject to support by US President Donald Trump, the study added.
Reuters could not instantly corroborate the report. The White House, Boeing and Lockheed Martin did not instantly respond to a Reuters requests for remark extracurricular regular concern hours.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry declined to remark to Bloomberg. They could not beryllium instantly reached for remark by Reuters.
The improvement comes up of a scheduled gathering betwixt Donald Trump and Erdogan astatine the White House connected September 25.
Trump expects to reason trade and subject agreements successful the meeting, including the ample standard acquisition of Boeing aircraft, a large F-16 Deal, and a continuation of the F-35 talks with Turkey.
Erdogan confirmed connected Monday that Turkey will negociate the acquisition of F-35 combatant jets during his gathering with the US President.
Turkey angered the Trump medication successful 2019 by buying Russian S-400 rocket defenses, prompting Washington to cancel a planned F-35 combatant pitchy merchantability and region Ankara from the program’s associated accumulation line.
Turkey subsequently agreed connected a woody to acquisition F-16 jets.
[Reuters]